Buying comics for the library is a tricky thing. For one thing, we’re not buying for the collector. If you know Comics People, than I’m sure you have a friend who obsessively collects every Batman comic or possible X-Men tie-in. We don’t really buy for those readers as they bought the single issues, subscribed to the title, and have been pouring over the message boards to see what’s coming next. Instead, we buy comics for the casual reader. [Caption column by Drew]

Of course, you can’t swing a cape near American comics without hitting a superhero, so here are three titles from The Big Two. This column includes: Ms. Marvel, Worlds’ Finest, and Black Canary and Zatanna: Bloodspell.

Here are three comics set before today, back when the shadows were a bit deeper and the stakes a bit higher…

Lately, I’ve been going through a bit of Protagonist Fatigue. For some reason, the normal wise-cracking, don’t count him out when he’s down hero hasn’t been doing it for me. Maybe this is part of a shift in taste away from capes or at least your standard up-up-and-away superhero story, but for whatever reason this summer I decided to take a break and try to read some comics with something new to me…